EC2, St Botolph’s Church Hall, Bishopsgate
This building was originally the School House, begun in 1821 by Sir William Rawlins.
From Spitalfields Life 2014 we learn that: Many layers of paint were removed from the statues and they are now kept inside the building, behind glass. The statues in the niches are replicas.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Botolph’s - charity girl
Looking at London has a page about these little blue people but even there we...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Botolph’s - charity girl
Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...
This is a marble copy of the bronze statue in Chester. "R & I" was a suffix that Victoria used after being proclaimed Empress of Ind...
The niche on the north face holds a marble statue of the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, in Field Marshal's uniform. Carved in the sto...
Unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester, President of the Scout Association as part of the official opening of the building. We thank Jamie Da...
The stance of the horse has been criticised since the position of the hind legs suggest urination. Probably not what was intended. We th...
Born Spain. Didn't like travelling, lived most of his live in France and died at home near Cannes. 1944 joined the Communist Party in France, lending his name and reputation to the cause. The Commu...
1940 the Committee for Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) was set up by Royal Charter. About 1946 it became the Arts Council of Great Britain and in 1994 it was split into national bodies,...
Claudius George Algar was the elder child of Walter Algar (b.1830) and Mary Algar née Randleson (b.1828). He was born in Heybridge, Essex and his birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1860 in ...
Born New Zealand. Scholar at SOAS specialising in the role of women in China. Vice Principal of SOAS. 2007 awarded CMG.
Person, Education, Gender Issues, China/Hong Kong, New Zealand
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